Publications

Publication details [#45908]

Rubdy, Rani. 2007. Singlish in the School: An Impediment or a Resource? Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 28 (4) : 308–324.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | language use | language variety | literacy | school

Language as a subject

English, Singapore

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article explores whether and to what extent the classroom use of Singlish, the homegrown colloquial Singapore English variety, negatively influences students' literacy practices and what students and teachers themselves believe concerning this matter.